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Ataques de corsarios berberiscos en Rota

Rota, Costa Noroeste, Cádiz

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Ataques de corsarios berberiscos en Rota

Historical milestone · Rota, Costa Noroeste, Cádiz

Image of Rota, not of the place itself.

Rota suffered several attacks by Barbary corsairs during the 16th century, documented in 1559, 1562 and 1572, as well as outbreaks of plague in 1522, 1569 and 1680 that decimated its population.

Photo: Emilio J. Rodríguez Posada (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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